Life is a Song

*Written using 25 Beatles hit song titles. Revised a bit for 2024 It's been a hard day's night, my love. Tonight, I want to hold your hand and keep you close. Beloved one please, love me, do, for though I'm tired I feel fine. And here's a rose I bought on the way home, from me to you. I'll admit, there's been times I've doubted you. George keeps telling me, "She loves you man, it's evident in the way she looks at you." Yet, like some delusional day tripper, I sometimes feel as though I should just let it be and move on. Oh, I've tried my best to woo you with expensive gifts. In the end, I found this to be true - money can't buy me love. Even still, if I could work eight days a week I'd do what I could to give you what you truly deserve, the best of everything. Sometimes I feel I should just quit this mundane job of mine, maybe become a paperback writer, or perhaps make a living by the sea, sailing to the ocean depths in a yellow submarine. Yet, how could I abandon my love? I've always believed that we can work it out. And I truly feel that all you need is love. It's all that any of us really need in this vain life. Whenever I was tempted to leave and pursue my own selfish ambitions a voice in my head would whisper, 'turn around, get back to where you belong dude and stay put.' Oh dearest one, my lady Madonna, my sweet diva, it seems like only yesterday we walked down the aisle as man and wife. We bought our first little house on a street called Penny lane, do you remember? So many years ago, yet still as fresh in my mind as this morning's news. Yet, something keeps nagging at me, I can't explain it. Like a character in a Beatle's song, yeah, like Eleanor Rigby, I sometimes get down and depressed. Perhaps one day my emotions will gel and it will all come together for me. Ha! Listen to this. During the morning commute, after I bought my ticket to ride, a funny thing happened. I said hello to a gentleman and he said, "goodbye." I replied, "Excuse me sir, I said hello." Again he said, "goodbye." So, there we were back and forth with hello, goodbye, hello, goodbye. All the while the song that was playing in the background was the ballad of John and Yoko. Talk about surreal. But I digress, my love. I think that when all is said and done, relationships just need a little help every now and then. Hey Jude, my bride, the former Judith Woodshire but for two score and six, my Jude, please know this; I will love you with all I am, now and forevermore. And though our journey in life is likely to be a long and winding road, I want to walk it with you. Please, accept this rose as a token of my love, from here and to all eternity.